Comparison

Queue Alert vs Typing Speed Test

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Queue Alert

Estimate wait times and predict queue progress. This app helps you manage your time by calculating how long you'll wait or how many people will be served by a certain time. It's a versatile tool for any queuing system.

Highlights
  • Live wait time estimates
  • Predict queue progress
  • Calculate people served by time
  • Customize queuing system calculations
  • Versatile for any queuing system
Features
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While in a queue (or line) have you asked yourself any of the following questions: Will I make it through security in time? Will I get my movie tickets before the show starts? How long until I can place my order? What is that smell? If so, this app may be for you. We find ourselves in queues (or lines) far more often than we'd like and, as a rule, they move more slowly than we'd hope. In fact, the phrase "this line is moving so fast" isn't found in any major language or travel guide. Have you found yourself, like me, counting the number of people in front of you? Trying to judge the speed of the person behind the desk? Trying to juggle these figures in your head while being bumped and prodded to keep your place? Queue Alert can help, doing the math for you and giving you live estimates that you can use. Once a rate is established, you can predict your wait time or predict how many people or items will get through the queue by a given time. Or, you can enter the amount of time you have to wait to see how far the queue will progress. All of this is easily at your fingertips. Isn't it time you got more out of line? Other uses: Queue Alert isn't just for waiting in lines! This app could be used to help predict the movement of anything through a queuing system of any sort. Really, it's just math. Tap the "number in queue" flipper to cycle through a number of possible options and fully customize your experience. Limitations: Obviously, the estimations made by the app (and subsequent alerts) may not reflect what you actually observe, for a variety of reasons. Queues may speed up or slow down as new registers open or close, for example. These are just estimates and hold no special sway over future events. Queue carefully.

About

Typing Speed Test

Features
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How fast do you actually type? Take a timed typing test — 30, 60 or 120 seconds — and get your real net WPM and accuracy the moment the clock stops. Most typing tests hand you a number and forget you. TypingSpeed colors every character green or red while you type, scores you the way professional typists count (characters divided by 5 per minute, minus your mistakes), then sends you straight into the lessons and drills for the exact keys that slowed you down. PAID ACCESS REQUIRED All app features require a separate in-app purchase after onboarding. Choose a weekly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. No free trial or free feature tier is offered. WHAT YOU GET - Your true net WPM plus accuracy and error count after every run, graded S to D - Live character-by-character feedback, so you see a mistake the instant you make it - Four test formats: 30-second, 60-second, 120-second, or finish-the-passage - Structured lessons for home row, top row, bottom row, numbers and symbols, and the 200 most common English words - Focused drills for speed bursts, accuracy passages, home-row reps and code snippets - A trend chart of your recent runs, an accuracy breakdown, best score per format, and a day streak PERFECT FOR - Students and job seekers who need a real words-per-minute figure - Office workers who still hunt for keys instead of touch typing - Developers drilling brackets, digits and punctuation in code snippets - Anyone rebuilding typing habits who wants proof they are improving WHY NOT JUST USE A FREE WEB TYPING TEST? A browser test gives you one number in one tab and forgets you the second you close it. Here every run is saved on your iPhone, so you get a trend line, per-format personal records and a streak — plus lessons and drills that run on the same scoring engine, with no page loads and no ads. Set a goal WPM and the chart draws the line you are chasing. Switch on the optional daily reminder to keep the streak alive. PRIVACY Every result stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Clear all of your results any time from Settings. FULL ACCESS A separate in-app purchase unlocks the whole app: unlimited timed tests in all four formats, every practice drill, all five lesson tracks, and your complete progress history with charts, records and streak. Choose a weekly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase — no ads at any tier. After purchasing access, run a 60-second test and find out what your real WPM is. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

Queue Alert4 screens
Typing Speed Test4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Queue Alert at none against Typing Speed Test's 3. Queue Alert also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Typing Speed Test sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Queue Alert asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Queue Alert ships an update every 2 weeks, Typing Speed Test every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Queue Alert versus Typing Speed Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQueue AlertTyping Speed Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn CarlsonPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

None

Queue Alert

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Typing Speed Test

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Queue Alert free?
Queue Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Typing Speed Test free?
Typing Speed Test is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Queue Alert or Typing Speed Test have ads?
Neither Queue Alert nor Typing Speed Test shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Queue Alert or Typing Speed Test?
Queue Alert ships an update every 2 weeks, and Typing Speed Test every 6 weeks. Most recently, Queue Alert was updated on September 15, 2026 and Typing Speed Test on August 25, 2026.

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